Ritalin helping anxiety?

i've tried lots of anti-anxiety drugs as well as antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics and only a few gave me slight relief but the anxiety always came back in full throttle after about a month or so when i got used to the medication. I have anxiety problems and a bit of depression caused by the anxiety. My doctor was puzzled what to do next but he noticed I was a very hyper person throught our appts and he said we should try something different than usual..a stiumlant. At first I was afraid because I thought it was going to make me a nervous wreck. I was put on 10 mg of ritalin 3 times daily and it became a great help to me. Its not that the ritalin kills anxiety after I take it because I do get anxiety from it after i dose or redose. It's just that when it wears off I am not left depressed and moody but rather relaxed and calm. This also allows for me a good nights sleep. The next day I wake from an awesome ngihts sleep and noticied that since I started the ritalin I dontt have nearly as much morning anxiety. Then throughtout the day I'd take my ritalin again and the same thing. Ritalin has helped me focus, concentrate, it wears me out during the day so I have an excellent nights sleep and it makes me feel more chill. Could this be dopamine downregulation? If so this is definetly hel;ing my anxiety. This is the first time I've heard of a stimulant being used to treat anxiety. Ity makes sense to me though because the ritalin wears the anxiety out of me instead of balling it up in me like ssri's and tranqs do and numbing it. for someone who cant take tranqs or antidepressants for sleep/anxiety You might wanrt to see about ritalin..it helps me with sleep tremendously and is lowering my anxiety day by day.